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Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:49:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Tyree Studiohttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/24/the-royals-have-dumped-a-steaming-pile-of-crap-on-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-291264
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:56:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-291264Before the season started I thought it was going to be fun, or at least not “work” being a Royals fan this year. Guess I was wrong.

I didn’t think this team was going to the postseason but I thought they’d at least play .450 or even maybe (if they caught some breaks) .500 ball. Shame on me. Another season of being the butt of jokes on Letterman, Leno, ESPN and HBT.

I’ve been a fan for 25 years, and I always will be, but it’s just seems hopeless.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:53:55 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289482http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/evaluating-the-royals/
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:41:49 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289467Also his 9/11 piece for espn.com which I should have included as well

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:38:02 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289466Honestly, his best stuff in my opinion has been the non-baseball stuff he occasionally posts. This one on Abd El-Kader and the Massacre of Damascus (1), or this one on the protests in Egypt (2), or this one on 9/11 (3)

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:24:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289453I read your stuff on the I-70 baseball blog. I think you’re a fine blogger. With all due respect, this comment leads me to believe you’re turning in to one of those people I’d rather not see at Kauffman.

Who set these expectations that you mention? ESPN, HardballTalk, your twitter followers, or maybe your blog network? And now, “if Rany’s about to bail, you’re about to bail”? Have some conviction. As a fan, follower, enthusiast, or whatever you are, you should be able to formulate your own opinions. Don’t tell me that with our rotation, you expected big things. With blockbuster names like Bruce Chen, Luke Hochevar, Jonathan Sanchez, Luis Mendoza, and Danny Duffy, it’s really a stretch to ask for much more than .500, if you can ask for that.

I ask for high-character individuals. I ask for guys that work hard and love the game. I ask for guys that don’t quit and expect to make themselves better. If we win some games, that’s great. But if you’ve been around Kansas City baseball, surely you’re familiar with finding things other than the win-loss column to enjoy about the team. Surely you’re familiar with the character of Jeff Francouer, or the charities Alex Gordon and Billy Butler established and regularly donate to. Surely you’re familiar with Eric Hosmer’s deep involvement with the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters program. Surely you’re familiar with all of the guys coming down to my city of Joplin after we got ripped apart.

If you’re going to be a fan of a team that loses as many baseball games as we do, you’ve got to look deeper than the stats. It’s the city. It’s Kauffman stadium. It’s the cheap tickets. It’s the atmosphere. It’s “Firework Fridays” with your family. It’s letting your children run the bases after Sunday games. If all you care about is that win-loss column, you’re bitter and I don’t like you.

Now, of course I completely agree with not being able to field a winning team under our current ownership. I don’t see it changing anytime soon. If that’s what makes you hate an entire organization, shame on you.

However, to me, it sounds like you follow the people that follow the Royals more than you follow the Royals. If you’re a fan— be a fan. Don’t be persuaded by whoever you follow on twitter. Like I said, I have read your stuff and you’re an intelligent guy. You do just fine as a blogger. Take a minute to reevaluate what you’re doing here.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289438And this is why as long as the team has the current leardership the manager is irrelevant.

Trey Hillman had the same run-out-of-inning-bunt-at-any-opportunity strategy.

Chris Getz leading off? That’s pretty bad. The fact that Getz is still on the roster is on the front office/ownership.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:50:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289419Yeah, someone using a stat in a completely inappropriate fashion to mean something it wasn’t designed to mean is a just reason to completely ignore the stat.

and god damn it can we get some small sample size protection around here?

He’s a great read and extremely well-informed on the Royals but his posts make Joe Posnanski look like Edward Lear.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:49:41 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289415And not much worse than any likely replacement. Look back at the last few managers and tell me the organization would actually hire someone suitable in turning things around.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:44:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289410As mentioned above, he walked someone to face Jose Bautista. That needs to be repeated.

He walked someone to face the guy who’s lead MLB in HR the last two years, and last year lead MLB in SLG.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:36:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289402Yost is horrible, but not much worse than about a dozen other horrible managers in MLB.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:25:22 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289398I see what you did there.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:15:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289388Maybe HE IS the boss.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:14:00 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289385Great, great read from Rany. He says in the article that he’ll be taking a “time-out,” won’t be following or writing on the Royals much in the near future. I’ll sure miss his input, but definitely wish Mr. Jazayerli the best as he lives outside of the realm of the perpetually disappointed Royals Kingdom.

Sadly, I’ll continue holding court in said Kingdom.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:12:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289382Oh, Len. I really liked you. But if you like Michael Kay, my quiet admiration is out the window.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:06:38 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289376No, actually, I rather like it. Wish I had thought of it first.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:01:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289374“In total it makes for a pretty good case for the firing of Ned Yost.”

Walking Kelly Johnson to face Jose Bautista, as Yost did in the 8th inning last Friday, is a firing offense in itself.

I sure hope your boss doesn’t read that or you might be out of a job. Because I can honestly say the only sane people who still believe in The Process must work in the Royals front office.

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:45:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=141570#comment-289362It’s not just the prospect of another summer of 100 loss baseball in Kansas City. I’m used to that. In 05 and 06 we knew the team would be terrible and planned accordingly.

This year there were expectations. There were expectations from people that were non Royals stake holders. This year we are looking at the first returns from the first crop raised in the best farm in baseball. The returns are earth shatteringly crappy. Not just a little, HISTORICAL.

Don’t tell me I have to be patient. Or that I’m some less of a fan because I’m not patient anymore. The fact that this team makes me mad says enough about my patients.

As a Royals fan and blogger I’ve always read Rany’s stuff looking for a ray of hope, because if anyone can find it he could. If he’s about to bail, I’m about to bail. There isn’t anymore hope. I mean there might hope that the Royals find a way to win 50 baseball games this year. But I have no hope that this organization can field a winning team under the current administration, and by administration I mean ownership. Sell the team, contract the team, move the team. I’m that close to not caring.

I get blasted on here all the time because I don’t worship saber metrics but now I see that the royals are ranked in the top 10 based on a saber metric?lmao!

Except here’s the difference between you and the rest of us. You just loudly proclaim them as bunk, without understanding why or caring how. The rest of us try to figure out the why’s and how’s, and know exactly why the Royals ranking is faulty (Hint, it’s all over twitter right now).